Spectral synthesis and topologies on ideal spaces for Banach *-algebras

Feinstein, Joel, Kaniuth, E. and Somerset, D.W.B. (2002) Spectral synthesis and topologies on ideal spaces for Banach *-algebras. Journal of Functional Analysis, 196 (1). pp. 19-39. ISSN 0022-1236

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Abstract

This paper continues the study of spectral synthesis and the topologies τ∞ and τr on the ideal space of a Banach algebra, concentrating on the class of Banach *-algebras, and in particular on L1-group algebras. It is shown that if a group G is a finite extension of an abelian group then τr is Hausdorff on the ideal space of L1(G) if and only if L1(G) has spectral synthesis, which in turn is equivalent to G being compact. The result is applied to nilpotent groups, [FD]−-groups, and Moore groups. An example is given of a non-compact, non-abelian group G for which L1(G) has spectral synthesis. It is also shown that if G is a non-discrete group then τr is not Hausdorff on the ideal lattice of the Fourier algebra A(G).

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/703039
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Mathematical Sciences
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1006/jfan.2002.3964
Depositing User: Gardner, Mike
Date Deposited: 30 Jul 2001
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:25
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/15

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